Economic prosperity has taught us a valuable truism. “Selling feelings rules (soft sell), selling features (hard sell) drools” This hasn’t always been the case. For most of human existence, we’ve been generally really, really poor. Customers were convinced by how much “bang for their buck” they could get. …

Lately, I’ve been fascinated by 90’s magazine design standards so I’ve been studying a load of them. When I’m learning a new thing, I always give myself a little project that helps me lock down the knowledge I’ve acquired. Here’s the result of my latest incursion. Worn out version: Clean version:

Brutalism is one of the most interesting, eye catching and evil-looking architectural styles. Characterized by plain concrete walls, lack of windows and massive in size, these structures are anything but bland. The whole point of this style is to be down-to-earth and humble, hence the picture. An answer to the ivory and glass towers that gave shape to the skylines in prior years. So what happened? How do you go from humble to evil?

The first product created the first hacker. “Hacking” isn’t just the act of breaking into NASA’s backdoor while wearing a trench coat. I prefer the more general meaning of the word “hacking”. Using something for an unintended purpose. The second term I’d like to clarify is “Cow Path”. This is…

This is the path I took during the creation of a podcast in one of the most unstable times in history and how we managed to merge creativity and productivity (for the most part) in our earliest stage. — So you want to start a podcast… Admit it, you wanted to start a podcast at a point in your life, it’s normal, nothing to be ashamed of. Now here’s the thing, my co-producer Paul and I decided to move forward with this (somewhat) misguided impulse. This is where we’re standing in the timeline.

Over the millions of years our brains had to evolve, one of its most important (and relatively recent) functions has been predicting the future, as in “If I punch an alligator, I will die” not as “The Dallas Broncos will win the World Series by a three-pointer”. And what best use of this “superpower” than to keep us from kicking the proverbial bucket? — Risk evaluation Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize in Economics, denotes that the human brain counts with two cognitive systems[1]. The imaginatively called System 1 (fast, automatic and emotionally charged) and System 2 (slow, serial, effortful, and deliberately controlled).

I’ve always been fascinated by the creative minds bringing us products that solve very specific problems. But how about the products creating problems? Is there any value in “breaking the rules”? These glorious gadgets are called “Chindogu”. The lady in the header image is showing off one of the most…